December 18, 2009
December 12, 2009
December 4, 2009
January 31, 2009
What is play?
In designing exhibits, we often want visitors to play and use their imagination. Its when the playful exploration starts to flow that learning and inspiration can happen.
This little tot is in the grove of things.
January 17, 2009
Detroit museum calls off 3 planned exhibits -- chicagotribune.com
From The Associated Press
5:13 PM CST, January 16, 2009
DETROIT - Money problems have forced the Detroit Institute of Arts to cancel three scheduled exhibitions.
A major show, 'Baroque 1620-1800: Style in the Age of Magnificence,' organized by the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, had been booked for the Detroit museum this fall. But the DIA says it couldn't shoulder the added financial burden after the exhibit's only other North American venue -- which it isn't naming -- dropped out.
The Detroit Free Press says the DIA's shaky finances and Michigan's struggling economy also prompted the cancellations of a print show devoted to Robert Rauschenberg, Jasper Johns and Jim Dine scheduled to open in July, and a show of prints and drawings related to books scheduled to open in November."
I live in the Detroit Metro area. Things are tough.
How are things where you are?
January 14, 2009
AAM webinar
Please join tax specialist Marc Azar (Smith Howard), museum director Betty Brewer (Minnetrista), and museum CFO Casey Steadman (Atlanta History Center) in this 90-minute program focused specifically on the new Tax Form 990 core form and schedules that are now due for tax year 2008.
Registration closes January 28, so register today and have your colleagues join you for a great learning opportunity! Link
I can't believe I just typed "webinar"
January 12, 2009
NPR Story Aired tonight
Click below for the link
Interactive Games Make Museums A Place To Play : NPR
January 11, 2009
January 7, 2009
InformalScience web site
December 22, 2008
December 2, 2008
"When I performed on television I shook my pelvis"
The Wax Museum is "a 4th grade project where students study a historical person and prepare a speech recounting their subject’s life. The students then dress up as their historical figure and share their speeches. This is Elvis!!!"
Museum Educators -- check out more on the Teacher Tube site while you are there. Great insight on what teachers do and want in their museum visit.
Elvis's life in 4 minutes, my teacher never did cool stuff like that, we only got to cut out dinosaurs out of paper.
Watch:
TeacherTube - Wax Museum - Elvis Presley:
500 Years of Female Portraits in Western Art
Nominated as Most Creative Video
2007 YouTube Awards
May inspire me to go visit an art museum.
November 21, 2008
Amazing Find Friday
The remarkable photos of the craters on the moon were made of..... plaster.
November 20, 2008
Little Monsters
I am always looking at unusual things the web can do. The above photo shows a 3-d monster appearing on my computer via a flash based web app. If you have a web cam and a printer, you might want to try it. My mind is spinning with applications for a museum exhibit, I haven't seen it used in green screen applications yet.
To try for yourself, visit here.
Thank you to Bb Offworld
November 19, 2008
The Sugar Frosted Cereal Museum Pool
I got a little nostalgic browsing this amazing collection of sugar coated goodness on Flickr.
Flickr: The Sugar Frosted Cereal Museum Pool
Truth is, my mother never let us eat these.
November 12, 2008
Nano Old Masters in protien
November 11, 2008
Antiques Roadshow Spoof
Not sure why Jack White put out the video now.
Wish I could find me a rack-on-tour like that one.
November 7, 2008
The Commercial-News, Danville, IL - County museum exhibit combines trains, floral settings
County museum exhibit combines trains, floral settings
STAFF REPORT
Commercial-NewsDANVILLE — Bloomin’ Rails, a model train and floral exhibit, will open at the Vermilion County Museum, at 116 N. Gilbert St. just in time for the holidays.
This unique exhibit will open to the public Saturday.
The presentation will feature the model trains and buildings of Dr. and Mrs. John Legett, set amidst floral and landscape arrangements by Danville Gardens and Berry’s Garden Center and Floral Shop. Members of the Danville Junction chapter of the National Railroad Historical Society are laying the track for this display.
The Commercial-News, Danville, IL - County museum exhibit combines trains, floral settings
I can just imagine the conversation at the board members cocktail party… “We should out out the trains, people like them.” “People like flowers too.” “I got a great idea, lets do trains and flowers!”
Titanic beer launched; Koeneke starts Thirsty Boy - The Business Journal of Milwaukee:
Titanic beer launched in honor of museum exhibit
The Milwaukee Public Museum has teamed up with Lakefront Brewery Inc. for the launch of Titanic Pilsner.
The limited edition brew is being produced in recognition of “Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition,” showing at the museum through May 25, 2009.
“We like to call attention to our exhibits in a variety of ways and beer was a big part of the beverages that were available on the Titanic,” museum spokeswoman Mary Bridges said.
According to the Titanic Pilsner label, there is still debate about how many bottles of beer were aboard the ship when it shoved off, indicating perhaps as many as 20,000.
“What’s clear is that the vast majority of them remain with her today as artifacts in the icy Atlantic,” the label states.
Titanic Pilsner is being sold in 22-ounce bottles in bars and select retail establishments in the Milwaukee area and at the Lakefront Brewery, 1872 Commerce St., Milwaukee. Each bottle includes a coupon for a $2 admission discount to the exhibit.
Titanic beer launched; Koeneke starts Thirsty Boy - The Business Journal of Milwaukee:
October 27, 2008
Multicolr Search Lab - Idée Inc.
I love this color matching web app. You input any color combinations—it searches flickr for photos that match the palette.
I need to use this when I pick colors for my house.
Multicolr Search Lab - Idée Inc.
